The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-10-13
MARY JAMES TRAVELS.
She Stands by the Oak Collins of Goethe
and Schiller.
Especial Correspondence

III the Grand Ducal vault today by tho plain
oak cofiins Of Goethe and Schiller, and looked
about me on thc richly carved bronze caskets
OF dukes and tluchesscs, through long limo
of the Saxe-W eimar dynasty, and thought
how thousands, who had known Goethe and
Schiller, i'll all parts of the world, came to
see their tomb, and met for the first time
these SAKE w elniar princes | felt the power
of genius and the weakness of the accident of
birth. and wanted to so right back to our
hotel and kill that head waiter for charging
us three times much for half Il dinner a In
carte, as ho would have charged for n fun
one table d'hotc, and plant him here among
the heirs to thrones and to forgetfulness.
Wcmars chief claim to latter day glory.
and one Of her chief sources Of revenue, is tho
tomb vharo Goethe md Schiller rest Tho
upper portion Of the vault is chapel. and in
the basement the poets lilo, sidc by side,
Goethe with golden crown Of laurel at his
head ard Schiller with one of silver, and
piled three fcet high on each coffin arc folded
laurel wreaths, placed there by famous hands
during many years. They are tho only un-
titled sleepers there, and they are the only
ones out If the past whom the present has
not forgotten. And yet know an American
who regretted that he came to Wcrnar. and
W up e'Iti lit tptii'it ste HLab tCIc was ABOUT
an old coiIin tyvo in n dinsy cellar to i,,s-
tify a stopping or at town like Wei
mar to sec. I couldn't understand tho man,
feeling until he spoke of "Co-cte' and then |
began TO comprehend, and l no longer won
derci ct my fellow countrynan. lack of al,-
probation.
BY the way, some of the queerest people
costumes not included one meets in Europe
como right from our own land of publi>.
schools and liberal education. The same man
told mo he had been to york Ministry" in
England and he didn't think it would com
pare with the Capitol at W ashngton
We came down here from Leipsiy q purely
business town, but with an art gallery and
more musical education and inclination than
Cincinnati. but not such a handsome ,nusi,.
hail.
saw q picture in the gallery at Lcipsic
which upset mo at first, but suppose from All
art standpoint it is all right The subject
was, Suffer little children to come unto
me-" etc, and Christ, iii tho costume Of his
tlEo, was surrounded by n lot If little ones,
with genuine German faces, German attire
throughout, and tho company, including all
old German and his wife had assembled in q
German cottage Of the present style IL may
have been an alegory, bU. il it we're it was
an TIL just discrimination in favor of the Ger
element; and If it were not, it was lust a
little bit funny to look at. 1t was largo
picture and beautifully done. but would
scarcely be popular outside of Germany
want TO make few remarks with refer
erca 10 German women Those of Munich
tvoui.g :uen refer tO) have | think, the
hanlisomcst figures Of any women | hnvo met
In Europe. Whether it is nature or art /
cannot tel, and wouldn't if could, but every
line is perfect, and there is, with the grace of
The French woman, the substantialness of the
English making thing of beauty which
ought t. bca JOY forever The Munich figure
is visible occasionally elsewhere in Ger many,
and not So rarely either as to .tartlc you; but
the same may lie SAID Of beer in Germany, vet
there is In, one "Mucnchcner bier" in an the
kaisc,'s realm. l can't see any relation, con
sangunuity or other tie between tlcse two
charming characteristics of Munich, but I
presume good beer and pretty girls have tho
same place in the poetry of Bavaria that tho
good whisky ;,,d pretty women OF Kentucky
have in the poetry Of that grand old COM
monweath,' and shall not seek to become
an ironoclast among the idols OF tho poets
Before | left Berlin l went around to tho
Reichstag building to sec where Bismarck
has his Headquarters as controller and Ill
rector Of the ,icstinies of Germany He has
an elegant palace on Wilhelm strasso among
the SWEETEST OF the swell, but | wanted to see
Tie mans working place, so | went t. his
office, which at this season is occupied only
by stray house cleaner or two gong in row
and then to see how much dust has acculnl-
lated. 1t is a small room for so great man,
Just across n narrow hall from thu main
chamber, and directly behind the PRESIDENTS
desk. | said small room; it is about twenty
feet square. should say, not being ms good
i'll mathematics AS am in LAYING carpets.
and is the first OF string of rooms occupied
by secretaries clerks, etc. II is very plainly
furnished and finished, the chairs being Of
Russia leather without arms; the CARPET of
a dark brown and red indistin-ui.hahl,
figure like an impressionist picture m
tapestry; the paper on tho wallis to
match it, a little touch of frcsco and eilt
on the ceiling, with plain Gilt twenty four
light chandelier in the center, and the wood
work of the room painted rather cheaply in
material. manner and taste By one of Two
large. many paned windows on one side,
overlooking pleasant little court with grass
and flowers and fountain in full life, stands
tho chancoor's desk, a lnodcrn rosewood
piece of furniture, with numhcrlcss little
drawers and "nlTeOn holes and shelves, aud
the invariablc green cloth covered flap on
which not spot If Ink was visible Lying
on the flap was n net covered rubber ball at
tached to tube leading away in some UNI.
known direction, which at first thought
was some patent process for supplying beer
to the great German, but slight investiga-
ton proved that il q very convenient
call bell, worked by wind electricity and
pressure, and decided Improvement over
our stationary bells unless the desk is built
into the wall to stay long as the house
does. Quito near, and back of the desk, was
the only evidence i'll the room that Bismarck
was not a young and unccasing worker.
This was q wide, low, velvet lounge, with q
robe ana pillow thrown carelessly across it,
and bearing evidence that it was not there
for ornament alone.
There is always n touch Of pathos to mo in
an easy chair or lounge III an old mans work
ing room, and as | looked at this of Bis
uarck's, | thought | could SEQ i'll its wrinkles
and fluctuations the impression of the years,
the resting places along the journey growing
more frequent as the goal approached, and
wondered if Bismarck as he stretched his
limbs there, felt with sorrow or with pleas
urc that some day soon he would lilo down to